Archives: Research Papers

: Breast cancer is the most common neoplasm in women. Despite effective treatments, sequelae such as decreased muscle strength, upper limb dysfunction, and tissue changes are common, highlighting the need for functional assessments during rehabilitation. This study analysed the morphofunctional profile of the upper limbs in breast cancer survivors, comparing muscle strength and ultrasound findings between groups with and without …

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: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of non-cancer mortality in cancer survivors. Exercise interventions are widely used to enhance cardiorespiratory fitness, typically assessed by VOpeak, which predicts postoperative complications and poorer clinical outcomes. Prehabilitation provides an opportunity to optimize health. Given time constraints, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) may represent a time-efficient strategy to improve fitness during prehabilitation. This meta-analysis …

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Surgery is currently considered one of the cornerstones of cancer care, though postoperative complications remain high and drastically impact on length of hospital stay, mortality, psychophysical recovery, quality of life, and healthcare costs. Preoperative functional capacity has been widely recognized as a reliable predictor of postoperative recovery. In the last 20 years, consistent evidence has shown that multimodal prehabilitation programs …

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: The effectiveness and feasibility of cancer prehabilitation have been well-validated in surgical settings, but its role in non-surgical treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy (RT), remains unclear. This scoping review aims to systematically explore the existing literature on prehabilitation programs for non-surgical cancer treatments. : Following the scoping review methodology developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute, seven databases were …

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